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Monthly Archives: April 2013
New Zealand member of parliament Maurice Williamson addresses the house briefly on the subject of same-sex marriage, which passed by a larger-than expected margin of 77-44 on Wednesday. The woman shown several times is a principal sponsor of the bill, … Continue reading
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Somehow I never got around to seeing this before. It has its moments, but I suspect young children would get more out of the film than I do, though even they might find it too long and overloaded with mostly … Continue reading
In a scene from tonight’s episode of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, a character played by Patton Oswalt is supposed to be using an obscure rule to conduct a “citizen filibuster” in order to prevent a city council vote. Oswalt was … Continue reading
This is actually pretty amazing. Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants is invited to do some baseball skeet shooting that includes a watermelon and a pizza box with a pizza in it. Link: http://youtu.be/R_5XyMUwDMc by … Continue reading
When I was a kid I wondered why there were no real-life superheroes at least of the Batman sort. While Superman or Spider-Man might not be possible in the real world, surely being Batman was simply a matter of a … Continue reading
About the time of the explosions in Boston I was on the phone with a colleague there who had been visiting family and was at Logan on the way back. Neither of us learned about the attack until later. Fortunately … Continue reading
I’m surprised the prank shown below didn’t result in a more extreme reaction and maybe spilled blood. It might have something to do with the fact that Just for Laughs, the show I think it’s from, is based in Canada … Continue reading
Conservatives have never been fans of Social Security and for years have advocated fully or partly privatizing it (which Wall Street would adore) or at least pushing through major cuts, which they are often inclined to call “entitlement reform” because … Continue reading